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Sonic Sackboy Created, Unboxed, and Gifted

by Tim Turi on Dec 13, 2010 at 06:04 AM

Every once and awhile you hear a story that melts your heart. Here's one for you: a talented crochet guru and Sega fan knits a Sonic Sackboy, a Sega employee discovers this and puts it on his wish list, a coworker sends the item's creator some Sega goodies in exchange for the plush, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Here is Sega community member fullmetalpiglet doing her thing:

Here is Sega unboxing the adorable stuffed hedgehog and giving it to their office's biggest sonic fan. Fabian:

Everyone gets what they want in the end... except for me. I want one to. I guess I'd better learn how to crochet. Don't worry world, I can make my own Sonic-related gifts. *sniff*